Exceptional Ancient and Ethnographic Art

Translated Egyptian Wood Box, Polychrome Gesso

Ancient Roman Marble Torso Frieze Fragment

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Boulder County, CO, United States

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Exceptional Ancient and Ethnographic Art

Artemis Fine Arts

Join us for an important one-day auction on Thursday, June 11th featuring museum-worthy examples of classical antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art from cultures encompassing the globe. Included are an incredible ancient Egyptian wooden box with translated panels and an exceedingly rare 12th century 22+ karat pure gold Burmese Buddha. Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Etruscan, Near Eastern, Asian, Pre-Columbian, Native American, Spanish Colonial, Russian, even a 17th century Spanish Oil Painting! Don't miss these truly important examples of the best of the best unlikely to come to market again!

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Egyptian Old Kingdom Limestone Brewer: Egypt, 5th to 6th Dynasty, ca. 2498 to 2181 BCE. The brewer is depicted tilted forward over her vat and wearing a long dress and typical wig of the period with a stripe in the middle, letting her

0001: Egyptian Old Kingdom Limestone Brewer

Est.

$15,000

$25,000

Lot Passed

Egyptian Limestone Relief Section - Figural: Egyptian,18th to 19th Dynasty, ca. 1657 to 1200 BCE. Fine limestone relief depicting a head of a female, her hair in long ringlets, standing next to a larger figure with only his waist wrap showing

0002: Egyptian Limestone Relief Section - Figural

Est.

$3,500

$4,750

Lot Passed

Egyptian Wood Figure of a Man: Egypt, Middle Kingdom, 2055 to 1650 BCE. Large seated wood figure of a man, with knees raised, thin body and long arms. Remains of original polychrome. Size: 7"H. Provenance: Ex-Olivier Tiano

0003: Egyptian Wood Figure of a Man

Est.

$3,500

$4,500

Lot Passed

Egyptian Stone Stele Fragment - Translated: Egyptian, New Kingdom to Late Dynastic, Dynasties 20 to 26, ca. 6th century BCE to 332 BCE. A rare stone stele fragment, the composition organized into registers as was customary, containing figural

0003A: Egyptian Stone Stele Fragment - Translated

Est.

$8,000

$12,000

Lot Passed

SOLD

Egyptian Bronze Bastet Holding Aegis and Basket: Egypt, Late Period, ca. 712 to 730 BCE. Bronze cast cat-headed Bastet, goddess of women and joy, wearing a sheath, holding aegis and basket and standing upon an integrally cast base. Beautiful green

0004: Egyptian Bronze Bastet Holding Aegis and Basket

Est.

$3,500

$4,750

Group of 3 Egyptian Bronzes - Osiris, Isis, and Horus: A trio of Egyptian bronze figurines representing Osiris, Isis, and Horus. Egypt, Saite Period, 26th Dynasty, ca. 600 BCE. The first of this group is a bronze cast figurine representing Osiris, god

0005: Group of 3 Egyptian Bronzes - Osiris, Isis, and Horus

Est.

$7,000

$9,000

Lot Passed

Translated Egyptian Wood Box, Polychrome Gesso: Egypt, 26th Dynasty, ca. 662 to 525 BCE. Stunning ancient wooden box covered in polychrome gesso with four major panels dedicated to Osiris, Anubis (twice) and Khepri. The box was made for Lady

0006: Translated Egyptian Wood Box, Polychrome Gesso

Est.

$40,000

$60,000

Lot Passed

SOLD

Egyptian Bronze Imhotep: Egypt, 26th Dynasty, 600 to 400 BCE. Imhotep depicted seated and wearing a tight fitting skull cap. Elaborate beaded broad collar and long garment, holding an inscribed scroll on his lap. Well

0007: Egyptian Bronze Imhotep

Est.

$7,000

$12,000

Egyptian Polychrome Sarcophagus Ensemble: Egypt, Ptolemaic Period, ca. 315 to 150 BCE. Polychrome cartonnage ensemble in two sections. The upper section depicting a winged solar disk with uraei, disked falcon-head terminals and elaborate

0007A: Egyptian Polychrome Sarcophagus Ensemble

Est.

$3,500

$5,000

Lot Passed

0008: Egyptian Limestone Sculptor's Model - Fragment

Est.

$11,600

$17,400

Lot Passed

Egyptian Marble Head of a Ptolemaic Prince: Egypt, ca. 3rd to 2nd century BCE. Prince with carved facial details and hair grooved to receive diadem. Possibly depicting Ptolemy IV. Size: 2-1/2". Provenance: Ex-private Marius Suzanne

0009: Egyptian Marble Head of a Ptolemaic Prince

Est.

$3,000

$4,500

Lot Passed

Egyptian Alabaster Canopic Jar Lid - Jackal: Egyptian Empire, New Kingdom, ca. 1085 BCE. A canopic jar lid carved from Egyptian alabaster of golden hues in the form of a jackal head with details of eyes, snout, mouth, and ears highlighted in

0010: Egyptian Alabaster Canopic Jar Lid - Jackal

Est.

$2,500

$3,500

Lot Passed

SOLD

Egyptian Cartonnage Sarcophagus Mummy Mask: Egypt, Late Ptolemaic Period, 100 to 30 BCE. Elaborately painted mummy mask with gilt face, painted eyes and eyebrows, wearing a broad collar, tripartite wig with headband and sun disk. Horus falcon

0011: Egyptian Cartonnage Sarcophagus Mummy Mask

Est.

$15,000

$25,000

SOLD

Egyptian Bronze / Stone Eyes (from a Sarcophagus): Egypt, Third Intermediate to late period, ca. 1085-330 BCE. Nicely mounted pair of ancient bronze and limestone eyes and eyebrows. From a wooden sarcophagus mummy mask. Size: Eyes measure 2"W,

0011A: Egyptian Bronze / Stone Eyes (from a Sarcophagus)

Est.

$1,500

$2,000

Coptic Textile Roundel with Bust of Female: Egypt, ca. 5th century CE. A brilliant framed Coptic textile depicting a bust of a female within a roundel wearing polychrome headband. Woven in tan, red, blue and orange wool. Framed with

0012: Coptic Textile Roundel with Bust of Female

Est.

$4,500

$6,750

Lot Passed

SOLD

Coptic Textile Bust of a Female: Egypt, ca. 5th century CE. A beautiful Coptic textile depicting a frontal portrait of a woman within a border of large reverse S's in ovals; woven in dark brown, red, tan, and one instance of green

0013: Coptic Textile Bust of a Female

Est.

$4,750

$6,500

Mycenaean Phi Type Idol 1400-1250 BCE: Greece / Greek, Mycenaean III, ca. 1400 to 1250 BCE. Fine "Phi" type idol in buff clay. With pinched head and flattened circular body with breasts in relief, on cylindrical stem with flaring base,

0014: Mycenaean Phi Type Idol 1400-1250 BCE

Est.

$3,000

$5,000

Lot Passed

SOLD

Mycenaean Tau Type Female Idol - Rare Pose: Greek / Greece, Mycenaean III, ca. 1400 to 1200 BCE. Very rare and desirable Tau Type idol of a female. Typical pinched head with flaring headdress, arms folded across her breasts, hollow slightly

0015: Mycenaean Tau Type Female Idol - Rare Pose

Est.

$6,000

$9,000

Superb Hallstadt Bronze Situla: Central Europe, Danube River Basin, ca. 1000 to 800 BCE. From the Hallstadt area of influence that spanned from Western Gaul to central Europe just North of Greece, composed of Gallic and Celtic

0016: Superb Hallstadt Bronze Situla

Est.

$35,000

$45,000

Lot Passed

Greek geometric Bronze Bird Pendant: Greece, Geometric Period, ca second half of 8th century BCE. Standing bird in cast bronze with pointed beak, long flat tail, rotund body, two thin legs below and two circular openings on opposing

0017: Greek geometric Bronze Bird Pendant

Est.

$4,000

$6,000

Lot Passed

Greek Geometric Bronze Pyxis: Greece, most likely from Macedonia, Geometric Period, 8th century BCE. Gorgeous bronze pyxis with oblong body and decorative openwork flange at base, lid in the form of two bird heads, central

0018: Greek Geometric Bronze Pyxis

Est.

$5,000

$7,000

Lot Passed

Incredibly Fine Greek Boeotian Aryballos: Greece, Boeotia, ca. 560 BCE. Among one of the finest arybaloi we have ever had the pleasure of handling! Manufactured in Boeotia, northeast of the Gulf of Corinth, but attributed to an Attic painter

0019: Incredibly Fine Greek Boeotian Aryballos

Est.

$8,000

$12,000

Lot Passed

Greek Attic Black-Figure Skyphos with Birds: Athens, Greece, ca. 510 to 490 BCE. Superb pottery wine cup created with lead glaze in the black figure technique. On each side is a panel of three birds. Center bird strutting his stuff, probably

0019A: Greek Attic Black-Figure Skyphos with Birds

Est.

$5,000

$7,000

Lot Passed

Greek Pottery Stauette of a Rooster, Ex-Bonham's: Greek, ca. 5th century BCE. Light brown clay, made with a mould and cut along the edge à jour. In this votive relief the cock stands upright on a small base and looks to right. Traces of strong

0020: Greek Pottery Stauette of a Rooster, Ex-Bonham's

Est.

$3,200

$4,800

Lot Passed

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The following are the TERMS OF SALE for bidding in Live Auction, Thursday, June 11, 2015. AUCTION will start at 9 a.m. MT, 11 a.m. EST, 8 a.m. PST - Live Online / Absentee Bidding only. Please read the following "Terms of Sale" carefully. These terms are applicable to all bidders in this auction, collectors and dealers alike. Please do not bid in this auction if you do not agree to all of the terms listed below. Your submission of bids in this auction constitutes your acceptance of these "Terms of Sale." 1. All items in this auction have been legally acquired, are legal to sell, and guaranteed to be as described or your money back. No sale is ever final if you're not happy. 2. This is an auction sale, not an approval sale. By bidding in this auction, the bidder personally guarantees payment. The auctioneer has final discretion in all matters. In case of dispute, the lot(s) in question may be resold. 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